I really don’t get why he has a job stil he should’ve been fired after the Russ trsde. Yes we have injuries but let me point out how much of this rister is underperforming just to get an idea after 15 games ( doubt much changes in 5:
AD- ofc this isn’t news, he’s been down and occasionally good since the groin thing. Sadly this is just AD hits pray he gets heskthy n plays better
Max Christ- not an nba quality player atm -7epm is bottom of league ( I use epm as best stats to track in one metric )
Reaves - has picked up lately , still not what we saw late of last year but has been + regardless
Rui- sub loves him , I do too but sadly I think unles he magically changes he’s not good. Has tools but just isn’t good enough ; bad perimiter defender, bad rebounder, not good enough creating offence and occasionally not guarded from 3, doesn’t do 3nD hustle job and contract is tradable I hope. Y’all cry at ham but he has shown why hr played Cam over Rui n Christie . Rui -3epm he’s basically wizards Rui , clear spot where a DFS type is a big upgrade
Vando /Gabe- I put these together because they’re both injured. However I still don’t like the vandoi extension and I love vando. Why extend him making him untradable when he’s unplayable due to offence : and now he’s injured
Prince - sub par but does sorta do a job that most roke players need to do but does it at low lvl shoukd be moved
Hayes/wood- I appreciate their effort but they aren’t doing much useful stuff , biyombo hilariously is already better for grizz
Guys who met or exceeded expectations :
Dlo - Dlo is dko fkswsd but useful and has been our third best player clearly , however he’s losing his minutes so I have concerns if he should be here long term with his playoff issues
Cam- gets dared to shoot it outsude that has been phenomenal : but it’s also worrying a vet min pickup is better then guys on ten times his psy . You guys ok with cam being one of our best going up against the best teams ? Get cam some help lol
Bron- amazing , I want to complain even as a brin fan about his turnovers and his poor ft shooting which has somehow got worse and cost us a couple games already but can’t he’s top 5 in the league in Epm and hard carrying this team as only dlo n AD are positives on epm atm and add up to plus 2-3 Bron is over +6.
Bron is playing some of his best , at this point I wouldn’t even complain if we got lavine n Caruso together . It’s annoying but I just don’t trust this gm and fo to do much right , if we want to contend we gotta make moves or hope guys are in s bad psych but I doubt that’s the case for Guys like Rui wi jave very little regular season succes. Team has potential , last night loss wasn’t bad but it really should’ve been a win if guys like rui and Ad etc stepped up . Sadly I think this subs love for Rui and I love him too blinds then ti acknowledge this rister is deeply glad and we legit might be a plsy in team with how good the west is and some of our bad losses . Losing out on kyrie last year fuckibg sucks and it’s due to not having players but just bum Russ , or this team fo insisting ng kyrie extebded immediately even when it’s not like he could go anywhere and get paid after season without bird rights .
Stop it
Dear Pelinka, I wrote you but you still ain’t callin
How hard did you have to try to make the dumbest thing on this incredibly dumb sub?
I’ve never been a Pelinka fan.
Like any GM, he is capable of any of the following…
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obviously good moves
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high risk, high reward moves
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lateral moves
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inaction
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questionable moves
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bad moves
I think that most of the time he makes moves that are “lateral or questionable.”
Instead, I wish he had made moves that are “obviously good.”
For example, if there is any truth to the rumors that we could have got Hield and Turner, we should have done that a million years ago.
Turner and Hield are perfect fits who consistently bring to Indiana exactly what we would want from them.
Furthermore, after finding a winning formula in 2020 (i.e. imposing frontcourt with McGee/Howard, AD, sometimes Bron + Rondo as the clutch vet + a spark from KCP and Kuzma + a designated shooter in Green) , we GAVE UP OUR ENTIRE IDENTITY.
No big frontcourt, no lights-out shooters (as Bron put it, “no lasers”), no quality vet leadership, etc.
It’s ok to give up a winning squad for contractual/health/age reasons, but you gotta replace those players with others that fit!!!
When we play well for a stretch, I think it’s in spite of Pelinka-- and not because of him.
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